TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT
- Enacted by Congress in order to give the EPA control to track 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced in the United States or imported in the United States.
- The EPA can required testing on the chemicals if they present a threat to environment or human health.
- EPA also have mechanisms to track the new chemicals produced by industries each year that contain dangerous characteristics.
- The EPA can also control the hazardous chemicals to protect the environment and the people in the environment.